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Eeerily the appearance of the cloaked character came practically a year to the day that the pub was subject to a terrifying incident where a man wielding a sawn off shotgun walked into the bar following a row with locals.

Grandfather Keith Hayward, 61, stormed out of the pub after being punched in the face when he was accused of sitting in a regular's chair.

Police at the Golden Lion in Wrington on the night of the shotgun incident

He returned around an hour later armed with the 'gangster-style' weapon vowing: “He's going to go down”.

A brave local charged and grabbed him in a bear hug and the 12-gauge single-barrel weapon went off, discharging a round into the floor and taking off the top of Hayward’s thumb.

Hayward broke free and walked out of the pub - followed by a posse of shocked drinkers who trapped him in his car and disarmed him.

Hayward was beaten unconscious and left with a broken nose and knocked out several of his teeth.

Hayward also suffered severe bruising to his chest and legs and needed stitches to internal and external injuries.

Armed police raced to the scene and found Hayward with two live shotgun cartridges in his pocket.

Hayward, of Redhill, pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing a firearm with intent of causing fear of violence and was jailed for six years at Bristol Crown Court.